Picture-hook card package



W. P. MILLS PICTURE HOOK CARD PACITAGE Filed Dec. 26, 1922 I N VEN TQR.

A TTORNE Y.

Patented Dec. 30,1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM PERCY MILLS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T MOORE PUSH-PIN COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PICTUBE-HOO'K CARD PACKAGE.

Application filed December 26, 1922. Serial No. 609,161.

1 have invented an Improvement in Picture- Hook Card Packages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to picture hook card packages, and it has for its object to combine the said picture hooks with cards in such manner that they are securely retained thereon and also in such manner that they may be advantageously displayed.

To these and other ends my invention comprehends the construction and arrangement :as hereinafter described and claimed and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which I have illustrated one form of picture hook card package embodying my invention. In the construction as illustrated I have shown three hooks secured to a single card, but it will be understood that the invention is not limited to a construction in which any particular number of hooks are fastened to a card, and that such number may be increased or diminished as may be desired.

- may be complete; that is to say, the tongue- 1 In the drawing: g I

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a picture hook card package embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same; and

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of the card with the hooks removed therefrom.

Referring'to the drawing: 1 designates a card of suitable material, such as pasteboard, upon which the hooks 2 are secured.

The said card is provided near one edge,

These with openings, as indicated at 3.- openings are formed by producing substantially U- haped slits in the card as best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, but it will be understood that if desired the openings like portions 4. of the material formed by the said slits may be removed. It is preferred, however, that these portions be allowed to remain becausethey operate to hold the hooks within said openings. I

It will be noted that the shank or stem portions of the hooks extend upwardly I through the openings 3 formed by the slits and that the front portions of the lower parts of the said shank or stem portions are situated underneath the portion of the card between the lower edge of the openings 3 and the adjacent lower edge of the card while the remaining portion of the shank or stem is situated in front of the said card and in contact therewith, as shown in Fig. 2.

In engaging the h oks 2 with the cards in the manner as indica d in Fig. 2 the projections 4 are bent outwardly and rearwardly,

as indicated in Fig. 2, and the upper ends of the stem or shank portions of the cards are inserted between the lower edges of the tongue-like portions 4 and the adjacent lower edges of the openings 3. The upper end of a hook having been thus inserted the stem or shank portion is moved upwardly through the opening into the position shown in Fig. 2. The upper endsof the shank or stem portions are then anchored to the card by means of the nails-5 by means of which the hooks are adapted to be suspended from a wall or other support.

Itwill be noted that the lower edge of the card is situatedin the bendor angle between the bill portions 6 of the hooks and the shank or, stem portions thereof.

It will be observed that the picture hooks are so interlockedwith the card that they are securely attached thereto so that the said card with the hooks thereon may be marketed or sent into trade without fear of. the said hooks becoming detached from the said card. It will also be apparent that the mounting of the hooks upon the cards in the manner as shown facilitates the displaying of the same in stores or other places where they are kept for sale.

As already indicated, the invention is not limited to the number of hooks which may be secured upon a single card. The number may be increased or may be reduced to a single hook upon a card, if desired.

It will be seen that by my invention I have provided a picture hook card package by means of which the display of the hooks for sale is greatly facilitated and also in which the hooks are securely interlocked Having thus describedmy invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: p

1. A picture hook card package comprising a card having an opening a short distance from one edge thereof, 'a hook having I its shank portion extended from the rearof the card through said opening and the bill of the said hook occupymg a position upon the opposite side-of the said card and embracing the,ed e portion of the said card adjacent the sai opening, and means for attaching the upper end portion of the said ,shank to the said card.

2. A picture hook card package compr1 sof the portions of said card below the said I said tongue-like portions andthe lower edges from the upper edges of said openings toward the lower edges thereof, picture hooks, the shanks of which extend from the rear side of said card through the said openings the said shanks being situated between the of the said openings and the adjacent edge of the said card occupying a position within the bends of the said hooks betweenthe shanks and the bills thereof, and means for attaching the upper ends of the said shanks to the said card.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have hereunto signed my name this 22nd day of December, 1922.

WILLIAM PERCY MILLS. 

